Carriage-pole



V UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY TINE, OF DANBURY, CONNECTICUT.

CARRIAGE-PO LE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,699, dated June 8, 1880.

' Application filed October 20, 1879.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY TINE, of Danbury, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Carriage-Pole Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved carriage-pole foot which shall be so arranged that it can be adjusted to different widths.

The invention consists in combining a slotted pole-foot and lugged guide-plate with a screw-bolt having a long head, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a top view and partial section of a wagon-bar having the adjustable foot attached. Fig. 2 is a view of the plate fastened to the rear of the wagon-bar. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line a: a. Fig. at is a rear View of the improved pole-foot.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents a draft-bar, provided at each end with a stiffening-brace, B, on the front side, and a countersunk metal plate, 0, on the rear side, this plate being provided with an aperture, D, and two lugs, E E, at the sides of the same, and fastened to the draft-bar by means of two or more countersunk screw-bolts, F F, which also pass through the brace B and bind the same to the bar A.

The pole-foot G has an eye, H, through which the pin that pivots it to the front axle passes at one end, and the other end is flattened and provided with a longitudinal slot, J, into which the two lugs E E pass.

A screw-bolt, K, provided with a lengthened head, L, and having its upper part rectangular in cross-section, so that it cannot turn in the aperture D, passes through the slot J in the foot-pole, and through the bar A and the brace 13, and is secured by means of a nut, M.

The lower edge of the head L is slightly curved, so that it will lie up close and true against the curved part of the foot-pole Gr.

The operation is as follows: If the jaws on the front axle are very far apart, it will be necessary to move the pole-foot in the direction of a, and if they are too close it will have to be moved in the opposite direction. The nut M is loosened and the pole-footG can be moved the desired distance and secured again in the desired place by drawing the nut up tight. One pole can thus be made to answer for wide or narrow vehicles.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Thecombination of the pole-foot G, provided with a slot, J, with the guide-plate C, provided with lugs E E, and the screw-bolt K, provided with a lengthened head, L, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

HENRY TINE.

Witnesses H. W. TAYLOR, R. M. DECKER, Jr. 

